Home is Where…

Home Is Where… is an oral history performance project inspired by interviews on cross-cultural identity. The piece has been developed at Camden People’s Theatre, Rich Mix, and Theatre Delicatessen in 2016 & 2017.

Sharlit Deyzac performs a verbatim monologue via headphones in Home Is Where at Rich Mix in 2016. Photo by Aslam Husain Photography.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

“I just belong to this world, that’s my nationality. I’m global.”

Home Is Where… is a devised verbatim theatre project inspired by interviews with Cross Culture Kids, people who grew up in a different culture than their parents and created a hybrid identity. Using headphone verbatim techniques, movement, music, and multimedia, we are creating a dynamic performance around themes of home, identity, and belonging.

Home Is Where… weaves together verbatim material from CCK interviews with the personal stories of the performers, to create a vibrant tapestry of the culture of modern Britain.

Our interviews contain stories from all over the globe, but they carry common themes which resonate powerfully here in the UK. By focusing on personal stories we hope to create a feeling of openness and community, empowering our audiences to share their own stories with us and with each other.

A short developmental performance testing a new, simpler framework for our cross-cultural interviews. Welcome to the Library, where you can listen to stories from the collection and add your own. Saturday, 17 June 2017 at the Old Library in Burgess Park.